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County buys land for new visitors center

By JONATHAN GALLARDO News Record Writer jgallardo@gillettenewsrecord.net
Jonathan Gallardo
Aug 7, 2019
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The new land recently bought by Campbell County where a new visitors center will be built on 5 acres northeast of Gillette near the Garner Lake Road exit of Interstate 90.

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Cars drive down East Warlow Drive towards Garner Lake Road, where the new Visitors Center will be located.

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It took nearly three years, but Campbell County has bought land for the location of a new visitors center.

Commissioners approved the purchase at their regular meeting Tuesday morning. The county paid $294,030 for 5 acres northeast of Gillette near the Garner Lake Road exit of Interstate 90. The site is across from the Wyoming Department of Transportation office.

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